Month: September 2022

The photograph was taken in May by Ranald Mackechnie An unseen portrait of the Queen smiling with joy has been released by Buckingham Palace on the eve of her funeral. The photograph, taken in May ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, shows the monarch beaming brightly at the camera in her Windsor Castle home. In a televised tribute to her mother-in-law on Sunday evening, the Queen Consort recalled the Queen’s […]

Prince Andrew described the Queen as “Mummy, Mother, Your Majesty, three in one” The Duke of York has paid tribute to his mother the Queen, saying: “Mummy, your love for a son, your compassion, your care, your confidence I will treasure forever.” Andrew hailed the late monarch for her “knowledge and wisdom infinite, with no boundary or containment”, adding: “I will miss your insights, advice and humour”. He described the […]

Many stores will not open tomorrow as a mark of respect to Her Majesty Supermarkets, fashion stores and cinemas will be among firms shutting their doors on Monday, due to the Queen’s funeral. It was announced last week that the funeral will take place on Monday September 19, which will also be a public bank holiday. As a result, a raft of the country’s biggest retailers have said they will […]

The queue will close later today People have been urged not to set off from home to join the queue for the Queen’s lying in state, which is due to close on Sunday. Thousands of people have made the steady pilgrimage across central London to pay their respects to the late monarch over the past four days. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said it will announce […]

The King and the Prince of Wales have greeted mourners in the queue for the Queen’s lying in state. Hundreds of people in line at Lambeth, south London, cheered and applauded as Charles and William emerged on Saturday afternoon, before the pair thanked those waiting to pay their respects to the late monarch at Westminster Hall. One woman offered the King condolences as he shook her hand, and another shouted: […]

He's described her as a 'very special and unique person' Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, has released a tribute to his mother, Her Majesty The Queen, following her death last week at the age of 96. He says her death has left “an unimaginable void in all our lives”, adding: “We have been overwhelmed by the tide of emotion that has engulfed us.” You can read the full statement from […]

More than 30 arrests have been made so far as part of the biggest policing operation in the Met’s history in the lead-up to the Queen’s funeral. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy said by Friday morning 34 people had been arrested for a “range of offences” but described this as “relatively few”, adding that none had been for protesting. Scotland Yard has not yet been able to provide […]

TV presenter Susanna Reid joined thousands of people to see the Queen lying in state as she revealed she queued for seven hours and twenty minutes. The Good Morning Britain anchor, 51, attended the historic event on Thursday with her mother, Sue, and said she had “experienced a moment in history”. Detailing her experience on Twitter, she said: “Evening – along with my lovely mum and her very good friend, […]

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is likely to attract one of the largest UK television audiences of recent decades. A benchmark for comparison is the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales on September 6, 1997, which was watched by an average of 32.1 million people, including 19.3 million on BBC One and 11.7 million on ITV. No royal event since then has come close to matching such huge […]